Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
Plains Cree Morphosyntax
1st Edition
By Amy Dahlstrom
November 24, 2015
This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational ...
Redefining Linguistics
1st Edition
Edited
By Hayley G. Davis, Talbot J. Taylor
November 24, 2015
The academic discipline of linguistics is at a critical stage of development. Whatever consensus there may have been fifteen or even ten years ago is fast disappearing. A process of redefinition is underway, and it is the aim of this volume to contribute to that process, explain why a redefinition ...
The Chomsky Update
1st Edition
By Raphael Salkie
November 24, 2015
Noam Chomsky has been described as ‘arguably the most important intellectual alive’. His revolutionary work in linguistics has aroused intense scholarly interest, while his trenchant critique of United States foreign policy and his incisive analysis of the role of intellectuals in modern society ...
The Historical Phonology of Vowel Length
1st Edition
By Brent de Chene
November 24, 2015
Data from a variety of languages are offered in support of the claim that although there are several processes by which languages commonly add to an already existing stock of long vowels, there is only one mechanism by which a language without a distinction of vocalic length commonly introduces ...
The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts
1st Edition
By Janet Dean Fodor
November 24, 2015
The study of opacity falls under the general programme of showing how the meaning of any complex sentence is composed from the meanings of its constituent clauses, phrases and words. Opaque constructions are special from this point of view because the compositional principles that determine their ...
The Pragmatics of Style
1st Edition
Edited
By Leo Hickey
November 24, 2015
In the general area of style study or stylistics there is no shortage of ideas, definitions or published works. It is hoped, in the present volume, to contribute to the prosperity of the discipline mainly by clarifying and exemplifying how pragmatic considerations may be relevant to any study of ...
The Semantics of Determiners
1st Edition
Edited
By Johan Van Der Auwera
November 24, 2015
This book is a collection of linguistic and philosophical papers dealing with the semantic problems of determiners. The language under investigation is mostly English, although a few papers deal with French and German, and, to a lesser extent, with Dutch, Polish, Russian and Hebrew. The majority of...
Universal Grammar
1st Edition
By Edward L. Keenan
November 24, 2015
This collection of 15 articles reflects Edward Keenan’s long-standing research interests in the comparative syntax of the languages of the world. It includes two seminal ‘foundation’ articles, Noun Phrase Accessibility and Universal Grammar (with Bernard Comrie) and Towards a Universal Definition ...
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
1st Edition
Edited
By Various
December 02, 2013
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics brings together as one set, mini-sets, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from Applied Linguistics and Language Learning to Experimental ...
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Mini-set A General Linguistics
1st Edition
Edited
By Various
December 02, 2013
RLE: Linguistics Mini-set A focuses on the field of General Linguistics, and collects classic titles from imprints such as Garland, Allen & Unwin, and Croom Helm. A variety of important international linguists are featured. The titles are: The Chomsky Update. The Conceptual ...
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Mini-set B: Grammar
1st Edition
Edited
By Various
December 02, 2013
RLE: Linguistics Mini-set B has brought together a collection of essential Grammar titles, ranging from Basic Word Order to Existential Sentences, from The Pragmatics of Style to The Semantics of Determiners. These books, some long out of print, form a classic collection by some of ...
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Mini-set C: Applied Linguistics
1st Edition
Edited
By Various
December 02, 2013
RLE: Linguistics Mini-set C gathers together a range of classic books on Applied Linguistics. These titles, essential in understanding the development of this discipline, were written by a host of international linguists, and include The Historical Phonology of Vowel Length and ...